Fab Farm Technician Training

This guide gives trainees an overview of the lab space and TAP.

• Staff should give trainees a tour of the Fab Farm and also show them important places and safety information in TAP
• Trainers should give the TAP safety tour
• This guide will be introduced during Additive Orientation

Staff: Intro to The Fabrication Farm

Trainees should read through the guide entirely. Trainers should assure that each trainee joins relevant Slack channels.

• #ops-late-notice
• #lab-fab-farm
• #lab-makerbot-ic (optional; for the time being)
• #lab-afl
• #announcements
• #talk-general

Trainers can walk them through opening and closing procedures.

• Have trainees clock in using the machine and with Paycor
• Explain purposes of each system: timesheets (tracking hours for payment), Paycor (managers can monitor clock ins/outs, Slack (internal communication), Papercut (customer communication)
• Trainers should answer any questions trainees have regarding any logistal items in this Dozuki

Beginning & End of Shift Procedure

Safety and Compliance Training is the only guide where trainees complete their coursework individually.

• Trainers should assist with any questions that may arise

Safety and Compliance Training

• Trainees should walk through these guides to reiterate what was mentioned at Orientation
• Staff should easily navigate through these softwares and answer questions

PHR Timesheets

Paycor Scheduling

Sick & Safe Leave

Trainers should introduce the Jira Training Print Board and explain how they will learn TW’s printing workflow while also tracking their ‘issue’ from start to end.

• Emphasize that we do not normally track customer jobs in Jira. This is to illustrate the use of Jira, and to helo us track the trainees training prints
• There is generally a lot of material that is covered, so showing trainees current Dashboards, Issues, and Projects would be most effective

Projects in Jira Cloud

The second Technician training course for The Farm focuses on a complete tutorial on workflows, machine introductions and basic operation of the Prusa i3 MK3S

• Remind trainees where filament is stored (PLA shelf and the four tan cabinets for other materials)
• Walk through the intro to FDM presentation, which is also linked in the guide
• Show trainees harvesting station and printer repair station, and relevant tools at each station
• Introduce trainees to the printer wall
  • 18 operating Prusas, Makergear, FT-6, and Makerbots
  • Keep the area around the printers clean by sweeping up debris
• Introduce the printer interface
  • Show trainees how to navigate through the interfaces using the knobs
  • Also show the power switch in the back
• Have trainees find a training print if they have not already. Review their model and give feedback on suitability.

Staff: Prusa i3 MK3S Printer Intro

Staff: Prusa i3 MK3S Workflow

Have trainees slice their training print after they read through the guide. Guide them on this first slice.

PrusaSlicer: Getting Started

Have trainees start their training print after they read through the guide.

Prusa i3 MK3S: Preparing to Print

If their is a print available, have trainees harvest it after they read through the guide.

Prusa i3 MK3S: Harvesting